Baby walker



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BABY WALKER Filed May 15, 1922.

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:BABY WALKER.

Application iled Itlay 15,

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

.lle it known that l, SIMON LrrwiN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Baby l/Vallre-rs, of which the following is a specification.

r1`his invention relates to apparatus for assisting infants in learning to walk and has as one of its objects to provide a device affording a secure support to a. child disposed within it, including an adjustable seat and arm rests for its comfort and convenience.

A further purpose is in the provision of an apparatus capable of being moved .in any direction along a level surface with ease, its supporting members being widely spaced to avoid interference with the feet and lower limbs of an infant, and also to prevent overturning'.

Another aim is to provide a device which permits of close folding when not in use and which is rigid when the parts are extended.

These objects are atta-ined by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention extended for use.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the same as folded for storage or shipment.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view showing the joint connection between the upper elements.

Figure l is a partial bottom plan view of the locking means holding the sides when extended.

The invention includes al pair of flat top plates, designated respectively by the numerals 8 and 9, the latter having an extension 10 provided with a raised edge 11 to thus formed.

Except for the table extension 10, the plates present a substantially circular outline and have between them a concentric opening 12, the joint 13 between the plates being so arranged as to clear the table extension.

Secured to the lower face of both top plates 8 and 9, are clips 14 adapted to receive pintles 15 extending angularly inward 1922. Serial No. 560,871.

from the legs 16, the same being arranged in pairs and provided on their lower ends with castors 17. A

Said legs are fastened together, near their upper ends, by yolres 18, their central upper portions 19 being turned angularly outward and provided with an elongated opening 20 which, when the legs are fully extended, engage with projections 21 formed with clips 22 secured to the lower surface of the elements 8 and 9, the arrangement being such as to hold the legs rigid when fully extended.

Below the adjacent edges 13, on each of the upper elements, are secured plates 23 and downwardly extending projections 24 adapted to be received in the openings 25 formed near the outer ends of the plates 23, these projections being perforated to receive hook-like detents 26, pivoted on pins 27 secured to the plates 23, thus providing a rigid means for securing the plates in juxtaposition.

Set in the adjacent surfaces of the joints 13 are a pair of plates respectively 28 and 29, the former having pivoted thereto, by the pin 30, a latch-like element 31 having an elongated slot in which operates the. stem of the pin 33 set in the plate 29; the foregoing constructioncomprises, in effect, a hinged joint permitting elements to be closely folded upon themselves.

Also fixed in the end surfaces of the elements 8 and 9 are eyes 34 carrying coiled tension springs 35,V their opposed looped ends being adapted to receive straps 36 provided with buckles 37 by which their lower elements 38 may be adjusted. Said lower elements are pivotally attached to a seat member 39, one on each of its opp0- site sides, so as to hold the seat substantially central below the opening 12. The front end of the seat 39 is provided with means for attachment to a single strap 40 having means for length adjustment el, and supported by a spring 42 as best shown in Figure 2.

In operation, the parts having been extended as shown in Figure 1, the infant may be placed upon seat 39, its inner front end permitting straddling of the lower limbs, while the body below the bust extends up through the opening 12, the arms resting upon the plates 8 and 9, thereby supporting the infant in a comfortable manner and permitting the feet to make contact with the surface on which the device rests thus enabling it to be propelled from place to place as desired.

Due tothe buckles, the height of the seat may be varied with respect t0 the top or surface as may be preferred. Xhen the apparatus is not in use, the detent 26 may be Withdrawn, permitting the tvvo upper portions to be folded on their engaging hinge elements, closely side by side and at the saine time, the angular elements 18 disconnected from the engaging fastening 2l, permitting the legs to be folded closely togetlier. Having thusdescribed my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A baby Walker comprising a pair of sernicircular plates, hinges connecting the ends of said plates together, legs pivoted Vto the under sides of the plates, yokes connecting the pivoted` ends of pairs of the legs together, stops on the yolres for engaging the undersides of their respective semi-circular plates, means for securing the plates in eXA tended position, means cooperating with the stops on the yokes for securing the legs in open position, and aseat Asuspended troni the undersides of the plates.

In Witness WhereoiI affix my signature. 

